By JohnnyScallops, on November 15th, 2010%
Or, how a new species of squid was discovered. According to the BBC, scientists have identified a new species of squid hailing from seamounts in the Indian Ocean. This squid belongs to the family of long, slender, light-producing squid. The group of scientists spent 6 weeks cruising the Indian Ocean gathering data and over 7000 biological samples. For the past year, they have been sorting and sifting through the samples. So far, they have identified 70 species of squid, including this new species, which represents 20% of the known squid species in the world. The cruise was lead by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. You can check out the seamounts project page to learn more about the expidition or click this link to see a slideshow of creatures found during the research cruise.
By JohnnyScallops, on September 30th, 2009%
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About me  I am a marine biologist that is currently attending graduate school at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Marine Sciences Research Center, of Stony Brook University, New York. I am very interested in marine ecology and have been focusing my studies on bay scallop interactions with their habitats. I plan to investigate various anthropogenic impacts on bay scallop populations for my PhD dissertation. This blog will highlight the details of my graduate research, from bay scallop-eelgrass interactions as previously mentioned, to alternative habitats for scallops, such as Codium, to trophic cascades, and more. Enjoy! Artificial Seagrass Is a useful experimental tool to mimic natural seagrass while controlling many factors, such as density, canopy height, leaf number, which are usually confounding in natural eelgrass meadows.
Scallops seem to love this stuff!
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